kTOS - 22/02/2018

22/02/2018 - KTOS Live Maintenance

1. January's Adventure Journal Ranking period of reward claims has been extended.
- From todays update you'll be able to obtain the rewards from January, the rewards can be claimed from the Wings of Vaivora NPC and you have until Feb 27th to claim them.
- Feburary's Adventure Journal Rewards will be collectable between March 1st and March 10th from the Wings of Vaivora NPC.

2. Some event items have been sent out to player's message boxes.
	Bag of Golden Puppies Event Rewards:
		- Winter Penguin Egg
			(Must have played the game on the same server for 2 days during the Lunar New Year Holidays)

	Golden Fried Festival:
		- Ice Pack
		(Given to saviors who caught more than 1 Silver Fish during the event)

	Brainstorm Conference - Special Edition:
		- TOS Special Armband
			(Given to all saviors who submitted a character build on the forums)

		- 100TP
			(Given to the top 20 rated builds)


▣ Update Contents


【Changes/Additions】

Character Slots:
	- The Lodge will now have an extra page and players will be able to accomade up to 40 characters to be created.
	- Character Pages: 2→3
	- Character Slots: 30→40
	(The default number of free characters is the same, but the amount of purchasable slots with TP has been increased.)

Adventure Journal:
    - The Growth level cap has now been increased up to Level 18.
	- Rewards are currently not in for Growth Lv. 18 but it will be added in a future update.

Daily Quests :
The Mercenary post daily quests will be revamped.
	- Number of Completable Quests: 2 Per Day
	- Types of Task: Defeating Monsters.
	- Rewards Given:
		- Monday ~ Thursday Rewards :
					- [Character Level * 400] Silver

			- Friday ~ Sunday Rewards:
				Characters between Lv 100 ~ Lv 299 :
					-	100 Attribute Points (1x)

				Characters between Lv 300 ~ Lv 360 :
					-	100 Attribute Points (2x)
	※ The rewards given are dependant upon the day  you accepted the daily request.
			(ex. If you took a request on Sunday, but didn't hand it in until Monday, you'd still be given the Attribute Points as a reward.)

	※ If you accepted a quest one day and handed it in tomorrow, you would only have 1 more remaining quest handin available afterwards.
			(ex. If you accept a quest on Friday but hand it in on Saturday, you will only be able to hand in one more quest on Saturday.)

Master Quest:
 "Master Quests" have been added for each class master.
	- Master Quests are sub quests that allow players to discover the stories of the class masters and their past.
	- Master Quests can be accepted after reaching certain levels and speaking with a Class Master, you do not need to be the same class as the master in order to undertake these quests either.
	- Characters will be able to obtain Attribute Points upon completion of quests, and depending on the other contents of the quest you may obtain some relevant book items.
	- Specifically for the 22nd of Feb, only some of these quests have been added, the ones that do not currently have one will have their quests added in the near future.

1. The following Master Quests have been added.
	※ The Linker Master quest can only be obtained from the linker sub-class master.
		- (Lv 15)Academic Question - Pyromancer Master
		- (Lv 15) Lens of the Stars - Quarrelshooter Master
		- (Lv 45) Dream Book of  a Bow - Hunter Master
		- (Lv 45) Guilty Conscience - Sapper Master
		- (Lv 45) Non-existent Book - Linker Sub-Master
		- (Lv 85) Reclaiming Lost Items - Hoplite Master
		- (Lv 135) Magic Studies of Psychokino - Psychokino Master
		- (Lv 185) One Will Get Caught If One's Tail Is Too Long - Scout Master
		- (Lv 185) The Master of Poison - Wugushi Master
		- (Lv 235) Lydia Schaffen and the Fletcher's Arrow - Fletcher Master
		- (Lv 235) Alchemist's Story - Chronomancer Master
		- (Lv 235) Honor of the Old Sea - Corsair Master
		- (Lv 235) Eternal Amjinas - Sorcerer Master
		- (Lv 235) Nobody Knows - Rogue Master
		- (Lv 285) Rebuilding the Study of Magic - Sage Master
		- (Lv 285) Make it Doubly Sure - Lancer Master
		- (Lv 285) Missing Order - Dragoon Master

2. 2 Master Quests have been added, with the following quest name & starting NPCs.
	- Depending upon your level and the reccomended level of the quests, you may undertake up to two  Master Quests from a single class master.
	- The amount of Master Quests of other class masters will also be built upon and further expanded in the future.
		- (Lv 15) Poison Betrayal - Ranger Master
		- (Lv 85) Investigator of Fedimian - Ranger Master
		- (Lv 15) Historical Theft - Cryomancer Master
		- (Lv 45) Legend of the Cold Iron - Cryomancer Master
		- (Lv 45) Duty of the Pledge - Peltasta Master
		- (Lv 135) Disturbance of the Winged Beast - Peltasta Master
		- (Lv 45) Shield Over Flowers - Highlander Master
		- (Lv 135) Sword & Shield for the People - Highlander Master
		- (Lv 185) Honor of the Legwyn Family - Squire Master
		- (Lv 235) Legwyn Family's Seal - Squire Master

3.  Some quests will require completion of other Master Quests as a pre requisite to begin them.
	- The Alchemist Master's quests can only be done if the player has completed the Chronomancer Master's Quests.
	- Future master class quests may have pre requisites that require you to complete other master class quests first.
	- The quest '(Lv 235) The Past of the Crystal Mine - Alchemist Master' is an example of one following this structure.

Guild Quests:
    - Guild quest rewards have been added.
    - Upon completing a guild quest, there's a chance that you can obtain a l [Guild Quest One Entry Voucher].
    - Some guild quests will have a chance of rewarding a [Guild Quest Reward: Special Potion] Box.
        * Guild Quest Mission Lv.10
        * Guild Quest Mission Lv.15
        * Guild Quest Boss Raid Lv.10
        * Guild Quest Boss Raid Lv.12
        * Guild Quest Boss Raid Lv.14
        * Guild Quest Boss Raid Lv.16
        * Guild Quest Boss Raid Lv.17
    - The  [Guild Quest Reward: Special Potion] box contains  various potions that can decrease damage taken from specific types of monsters, or even increasing damage against particular monster types.

UI:
	- An "Show Crafted Equipment" Function has been added to prevent the accidental assembly of potentially valuable gear.
	- When using Item Disassembly, the Common/Magic/Rare Item grades will be auto selected as items that can be dis-assembled, however if you want to dismantle Unique Grade equipment, you will need to select the checkbox yourself.
	- When you click the "View Crafted Equipment" Checkbox,

    ※ When enhancing a gem, equipment that has been upgraded will no longer be able to be used as a strengthening material.
    - Refer to the list below for a guideline on what conditions items will need to be to not be considered a strengthening material.
        * Enhanced
        * Transcended
        * Equipped with Gems
        * Has added Sockets
        * Awakened via Alchemist


※ Notice: There's currently an issue with some titles and they aren't properly being counted and this issue is currently being investigated.
		: Because of this current issue, the title stages have been reduced.
		: Once we've confirmed some more titles in question, we'll release an announcement updating you on this situation

1. Players can now obtain additional stats according to the amount of titles they have.
	- You can check how you are doing and what bonus ability stats you have  by hitting the [F1] Key to open the  Character Window.
	- You're also able to see how close you are to the next stage of bonuses by clicking the [Show Next Stage]  button in the UI.
  (The 'stages' are when you are able to get more  additional ability points)
        Stage 01 = 1 Title
        Stage 02 = 2 Titles
        Stage 03 = 3 Titles
        Stage 04 = 4 Titles
        Stage 05 = 5 Titles
        Stage 06 = 6 Titles
        Stage 07 = 7 Titles
        Stage 08 = 8 Titles
        Stage 09 = 9 Titles
        Stage 10 = 10 Titles
        Stage 11 = 11 Titles
        Stage 12 = 12 Titles
        Stage 13 = 13 Titles
        Stage 14 = 14 Titles
        Stage 15 = 15 Titles
        Stage 16 = 16 Titles
        Stage 17 = 17 Titles
        Stage 18 = 18 Titles
        Stage 19 = 19 Titles
        Stage 20 = 20 Titles
        Stage 21 = 22 Titles
        Stage 22 = 24 Titles
        Stage 23 = 26 Titles
        Stage 24 = 28 Titles
        Stage 25 = 30 Titles
        Stage 26 = 32 Titles
        Stage 27 = 34 Titles
        Stage 28 = 36 Titles
        Stage 29 = 38 Titles
        Stage 30 = 40 Titles
        Stage 31 = 42 Titles
        Stage 32 = 44 Titles
        Stage 33 = 46 Titles
        Stage 34 = 48 Titles
        Stage 35 = 50 Titles
        Stage 36 = 52 Titles
        Stage 37 = 54 Titles
        Stage 38 = 56 Titles
        Stage 39 = 58 Titles
        Stage 40 = 60 Titles

	2.  New titles have been added.
 1) Philanthropist - Donate 10 Times
 2) Fine Processor - 100 Successful Recipe Crafts
 3)Hanaming Exterminator - Defeat 500 Hanamings
 4) Friendly Teammate - Complete 25 Party Quests
 5) After completing Challenge Mode and obtaining the rewards from it, you will also be given a title.
    Challenge Mode Titles:
        - Challenge Mode Challenger (1 Clear)
        - Challenge Mode Suppressor (50 Clears)
        - Challenge Mode Slayer (100 Clears)
        - Challenge Mode Conqueror (200 Clears)
        - Challenge Mode Judge (500 Clears)

※ If you have already completed any of these achievements you will automatically be given the title(s) after today's update.


Game Settings:
A function to toggle shadows on/off has been added.
	- By clicking [ESC] you'll be able to access the game settings through the system menu and make changes where necesary.

Events:
Master Trial:
	- This is a mission-style event where players must face off against a boss against a time limit, this can be done by characters above Lv. 100

	※ Notice:
	- Master Trial Tickets are available once a day per team.
	- Each mission is made up of 3 stages, players must complete all 3 stages in order to complete the event mission.
	- The Trial Ticket that is given from the master will be relative to the difficulty of the Mission that week.
	- If the difficulty is too hard and you can't do it, you can exchange the harder mode tickets for the easier mode tickets. (I.e Intermediate Mode Ticket --> Easy Mode Tickets)
	- You can't exchange easier tickets  for higher ones. (I.e Easy --> Hard Ticket)
	- The Cube of Endless Possibilities exchange system will be available until April 5th
	- The Tiny Fragment of Possibility, Cube of Endless Possibilities  & The Master's Trial Event NPC will be removed on the maintenance scheduled on 05/04/2018.

Weekend Combat Burning:
	- An event that provides a combat buff on weekends and holidays.
	- When characters are logged in they are automatically given a  buff.
	- The buff gives +100 Physical/Magical Defense, and +100 Physical / Magical Attack and +3 Movement Speed.

Monster Tamer:
    - Event has ended.

Bag of Golden Puppies:
    - Event has ended.


【TP Items: Goddess' Blessed Cube】
	- The next rotation of Goddess' Blessed Cube has been added.
	- Rates have been adjusted in accordance to new items being added.
	- The cube will be available from 22/02/2018 until 08/03/2018.
	- The following items have been added to the cube.
		- Small Steam Punk Wings
		- Balloon Wings
		- Angel Ring (Halo)
		- Hipster Glasses
		- Slid-off Glasses
		- Blue Sailor Cap
		- Tiger Swallowtail
		- Bunny Cupcake
		- Blue Laced Hat
		- Big Lion Mask
		- Slacking Sloth

【TP Items: Leticia's Secret Cube】
※ Leticia's Cubes will be going on sale again next week, starting on 01/03/2018 and ending on 04/03/2018

【TP Items: Golden Dog Warrior Costume Package】
※ The sales for these packaged items has now ended.

▣ Bug Fixes

【Skills】
Featherfoot:
    Bone Pointing:
        - Fixed issuew here the skill's effects weren't being changed when the skill level was increased.

【Monsters】
Blue Corpse Flower:
    - Fixed issue where this monster didn't have any elemental properties applied to it.

【Items】
Black Maize Gem:
    -  Fixed issue with the item's image being displayed incorrectly.

【Graphic/Sound/UI】
    - Fixed the visual output when in Double Gun Stance while equipped with the Vampire Costume.

【Other Changes】
    - Fixed issue where items with a lot of optional stats or long names couldn't be linked into the chat window.
    - Fixed issue where the number of available transactions was changing abnormally when trading a stack of items.
    - Fixed issue where FPS would drop extremely low when entering [Nazarene Tower].
    - Fixed issue where the Adventure Journal score would become buggy when opening a Personal Shop.
    - Fixed an issue that was preventing the ability to lock/unlock equipment being worn.
    - Fixed an issue where the client would force close itself when entering full-width characters. (Korean Input Characters)
    - The help contents for Instanced Dungeons has been updated.
    - Fixed issue that prevented Shadowmancer's being able to proceed to any other advancement class outside of just 'Wizard'
    - Fixed issue where Collection Names were different than the Map's name. (Korean Names)
    - Fixed issue where non-wizard jobs could do the shadowmancer's gimmick
    - Fixed issue where the Taoist Master's NPC name was incorrect.
        Current: Geuhong
        New: Galhong
	- Aware of an issue with being able to obtain Saalus Cubes inside Saalus Missions without the entry count being deducted.
		※ We're currently investigating game records regarding this matter, if any other abnormailities are found we'll make announcements addressing the matter further.
	- Fixed the Golden Dog Loading Images.
	- Fixed issue where when players failed a guild quests, characters were not being relocated to another area.


Source Post: http://tos.nexon.com/news/update/view.aspx?n4ArticleSN=986&n4CategorySN=0
Translation by Gwenyth @TOS Forums.